Key-ring.



H. SMITH.

KEY RING.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

HENRY SMITH, OF RALEIGH, iioRTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR To WILDES,:OFRALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA;

KEY-RING.-

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 31,. 1906.

Application filed September 14,1905. Serial No. 278.459.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, HENRY SMITH, a citiin the county of Wake and Stateof North Carolina, have invented a new and useful Key-Ring, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to key-rings. Theobject of the invention is in anovel and practical manner to keep a s ecial key, such as a night-key,segregate from the other keys on the bunch and to ermit its removalwithout disturbing the ot ers or to permit the removal from the ring orassemling therewith of keys without disturbing the special key. With theabove and other objects in view, as will appear as the nature of theinvention is better understood, the same consists in the novelconstruction and combination of parts of a key-ring, as will behereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a partof this specification, andin which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts,Figure 1 is a view in erspectlve of a key-ring constructed in accor ancewith the present invention, exhibiting the manner in which the kegs arecombined with the differ 1 ent loops or ey-engaging members. is a viewin plan of the key-ring.

The key-ring shown in Fig. 2 is exhibited Fig. 2

as a proximately pear-shaped when viewed in p an, and while this willgenerally be its preferred contour it is to be understood that it may beof other shapes without departing from the spirit of the invention. Thering, erably one that is non-oxidi'zable and resilient, embodies a mainkeyengagingloop 1 and a supplemental key-engaging loop 2, the two loopsbeing spaced or separated by a web 3, formed by removing the metal toform the two loops. On one side of the ring are two incisions 4 and 5,which are preferably disposed on compound curves and separate the sideof the ring on which they are located into three tongues 6, 7, and 8.The terminals of the tongues 6 and 8 are disposed is continue on oneside of the loop 1, and the terminal of the tongue 8 is projected intothe said loop and forms a portion of its wall, while'the terminal of thetongue 7 is projected into the loop 2 and forms also a portion of itswall. The incision 5 enters the loop 1 on a curve,

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but the incision 4 terminates some distance within the perimeter of theloop 1 and-thence in a straight line, approximately at-right angles tothe length of the ring, forming thereby a shoulder 9, which will serveto prevent the terminal of the tongue 6 from presenting a projection orpoint which would catch upon the clothing, and thus render the use ofthe ring objectionable.

To assemble a night or other key with the loop 2, the tongue 6 is flexedlaterally and inserted through the head of the key, and'to position thekeys within the loop 1 the tongue -7 is flexed laterally for thispurpose.

. It will be seen by the arran ement exhib* ited that the key within theloop 2 willbe positively held segregated from those within the loop 1and that it may be removed or replaced witho'u'tinterfering with thekeys in the loop 1, while at the same time the keys in the loop 1 may beremoved or replaced without disturbing the key in the loop 2.

By having the s ecial key segregated in the manner described opening ofa door when the keyis a night-key will be facilitated, as the owner ofthe key will be guided en tirely'by the sense of touch in determiningwhich key he should'use, thereby overcoming an objection inherent inkey-rings generally lll US6- Having thus described the invention, whatis claimed is 1. A key-ring comprising a main and a sup lemental loop,and provided on one side wit three tongues, two of which terminate onthe same side of the main loop and the remaining one of which terminateswith the supplemental loop.

2. A key-ring embodying a main and a supplemental loop, one side of thering being divided by incisions into three ton ues, one of the incisionsbeing extended om the main loop into the supplemental loop, and

my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of twow1tnesses.

HENRY SMITH.

Witnesses: F. P. HAYWOOD. D. I. FORT.

